9.25.2005

Casino robots

"I went to G2E this week and one of the oddest things I saw was - aside from the plastic surgery pseudo youthfulized, artifically tan faces of two members of Kiss having their pictures taken in one booth with a conveyor belt of people - was a completely computerized blackjack table. No cards. Touch screens imbedded in the felt in front of each player showing your cards. Large plasma screen behind the semicircle with a curvey, cgi dealer. Your bets and wins are recorded on a credit card-like player's card. No dealer to chat with. Or to cheat the house. Or tip. Or be paid. There were also similar roulette wheels except without the dealer. Place your bet and the wheel spins."

Online casinos are also very popular. You don't even have to leave your house to lose money! I would think though that there are regulations in place to keep the casino from cheating. Besides, if the casino did seem to win too often, they would lose business to someplace that didn't. It's in the casino's best interest to remain as fair as possible. Of course, the odds and payouts are placed so that the house always has an advantage, but that true anywhere, and how casinos manage to stay open.

In Macau Wynn has a shortage of qualified employees to service the casino guests. Wynn is working with a new company that wants to deliver robots to do the jobs Wynn needs done.

The Taiwan Fulgent Entertainment Co. has seen the future, and is making way for it: It is already marketing a series of games with robot dealers. These android croupiers can handle all table games. The robot that flips over cards never slouches or hustles tips. Think of the savings.

The second is a Bartender that can make just about any drink and you don't have to tip.

Wynn is also working with Melco IT,Shuffle Master, and IGT in a new series of 'Virtual Dealer' for Baccarat. Being tested in Macau at the automated Mocha Clubs of Meclo PBL Entertainment.

Wynn is looking to add the automated Three Card Poker game and multi- link and host the 2007 Three Card Poker World Championship.

Blackjack, Three Card Poker®, Let It Ride Bonus™ with 3 Card Bonus™, Dragon Bonus® Baccarat, Royal Match 21™ Blackjack, and Ultimate Texas Hold'em™ all have version of automated table games.

Can't wait for Wynn to start deploying more automated machines as payroll eats up about 25 percent of revenue. That's one-quarter of the total take spent on wages, benefits and other compensation -- the largest operating expense by far, except for debt caused by new construction.

You're right Zeb. Anyone thinking of playing online should check out the forums and watchdogs. News travels fast online and word of mouth (or keyboard) should hopefully keep any dodgy online operations in check.

I hate going to casinos, it’s so competitive and if you lose you know who has taken your money and can even watch them walk away with it. Plus those high roller casino types you see throwing stupid amounts of money on the table makes everyone fold all the time, it makes things worse! So I’ve started playing online casino blackjack instead, blackjack is a friendlier game as you don’t compete directly against the other players. You’re all just trying to beat the dealer, you don’t hate each other and you can even have a friendly chat.

this is a absolutly stupid idea this robot dealer will only eliminate jobs for future generations and this would end up causing more problems than its worth we already have problems with shuffling machines stupid idea i would never play with one